Former Super  Falcons coach Ismaila Mabo has berated the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the dwindling standard of the women national team in Africa and at the world level.

 

Mabo, in an  exclusive interview with Sports Joust said the  Falcons have been cut off technically and tactically by other African teams  because of lack of proper care by the soccer ruling body adding that the women national team would  perform better if given the same treatment with the Super Eagles.

 

“African teams are no longer scared of  playing against the Super Falcons because they are not growing. Nigeria’s dominance in female football in the continent is gradually fading away because countries like South  Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, and even Sierra Leone are ahead of us. Wake up NFF,” he added.

 

“The gap between the Super Falcons and other women national teams in Africa in the 1990s and 2000 was like ratio one to eigty but Falcons are now struggling to win against teams they had always beaten. What does that tell you?”

 

Mabo who was the head coach of Nigeria women’s national team at the 1999 FIFA World Cup,  the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games urged the Nigeria Football Federation to find a lasting solution to the technical and tactical problems facing the Falcons before it is too late.

 

The Nigeria women national team is the most successful  international women team in African, winning a record eleven African cup of Nations titles.

 

Nigeria will play in group B at the 2023 FIFA World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand between July 20 and August 20.